Foundation Requirements

The foundation component requirements can be fulfilled by taking the following courses at Otterbein (or they may be transferred in from another accredited institution) and earning a "B" or better in each:

Mathematics & Statistics

MATH 1240

Statistics I (College Algebra is a required prerequisite to this course)

MBA Core Course Components

Hours:3
This multidisciplinary course explores issues of ethics, public policy and social responsibility at the level of the individual and the organization. It begins with an exploration of the foundation of ethics and morality in comparative religion and philosophy in a domestic and international context. It continues with a history of the modern corporation while exploring the roots of managers and firms social and ethical responsibilities. It explores the role of social institutions, such as religions and governments, in influencing individual and organizational ethics and social responsibility. The legal regulation of ethics in contemporary society is explored, including topics such as the federal sentencing guidelines and foreign corrupt practices act. Current issues in business ethics are debated, including tobacco marketing, advertising and children, child and slave labor and corporate justice. Prerequisites:Junior or Senior standing for undergraduates.

Hours:3
Students explore the human factors of managing the business organization and learn to make managerial recommendations based on theory and practice. Through a multidisciplinary study of behavioral science and organizational psychology, management literature and current topics in human resource management and organizational behavior, students explore such topics as individual and group behavior, organizational design, leadership, change strategies, motivation, and business policy ramifications.

Hours:3
This course emphasizes measurement and analysis using financial and cost accounting concepts and methods. The focus is on the development and use of relevant information for use by decision makers throughout the organization. Cases from organizations of various size and type will be used to illustrate the relationship between the concepts and the business setting in which they are applied. Topics include cost analysis for decision-making and performance evaluation, strategic cost analysis and management control systems. Prerequisites:ACCT 2000

Hours:3
This course provides an approach to analyzing the firm’s immediate economic environment. The course applies the concepts and models of micro-economic theory and measurement techniques, explores the firm’s production and cost structures, and studies the nature of industry rivalry.Prerequisites:ECON 2100 and 2200

Hours:3
This multidisciplinary course combining business, mathematics, and computer science topics, builds on the concepts introduced in the business statistics prerequisite and introduces the basic concepts of model building and its role in rational decision-making. In this course, the student acquires knowledge of specific modeling techniques and their practical application, such as linear programming and simulation. The student will take an analytic view of decision-making by formalizing trade-offs, specifying constraints, providing for uncertainty and performing sensitivity analysis. Prerequisites:MATH 1240

Hours:3
This course explores the international economic environment of business with a focus on the forces of international competition in global markets. The focus is on the managerial implications of internationalization for all managers, whether working in a multinational or a domestic firm. Within the context of managing competitive strategies topics include: international trade theory and analysis of the external economic environment; introduction to foreign exchange and international capital markets; trade blocs and national/supranational regulations and institutions; the political/legal environment of international business and comparative business-government relations in the developed and developing world; technology transfer and intellectual property protection; and country risk analysis. The multidisciplinary approach of this course can bring topics, lectures and speakers from political science, history and foreign languages departments.

MBA Capstone Project

Students are expected to utilize their knowledge and skills obtained in the graduate business program to date in an actual consulting project with either a profit or non-profit organization. The project is developed in a cross-functional team setting under the direction of the professor and the project team coordinator. The course requires students to meet outside of classroom time for planning, preparation, and meeting with client organization representatives. Classroom time during the quarter’s first half is devoted to strategy formulation issues and discussion, while the second half is conducted independently under the direction of the professor. The course results in a professional consulting project document and presentation.